PUBLIC NOTICE

The Shelby County Health Department – Pollution Control Section (SCHD) is 

requesting public comment on a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP),

which includes an emissions off-set plan (OSP) and other changes that result from 

this revision.

The purpose of the OSP is to provide and document sufficient emission 

reductions of regulated pollutants to off-set the emission benefits assigned to the 

City of Memphis’ Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program in the 

Shelby County Ozone Maintenance Plan, (2010 O3 Maintenance Plan) approved 

by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (75 Federal Register, January 4, 

2010). The OSP identifies the types and amounts of emission reductions 

attributable to I/M, and where reductions in emissions equivalent or greater to 

those reductions will be achieved to off-set those I/M reductions. It also requests 

the adoption of this revised maintenance plan.

If the OSP is approved, Shelby County requests that the specific components of 

the City of Memphis’ I/M program, approved into the State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) in 1986, be formally removed from the SIP, which will include removal from 

the 2010 O3 Maintenance Plan. These new components will substitute for the air 

quality benefits attributable to I/M. The revised 2010 O3 Maintenance Plan 

continues to identify county-wide basic I/M as a contingency measure, and 

defines the events or conditions that would cause it to be triggered for 

implementation. 

A copy of the revised Maintenance Plan is available for public inspection at the 

Pollution Control Section office noted below during normal business hours (8:00 

am – 4:30 pm). In addition, a copy is available for public inspection at the 

Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN. It can 

also be found at the following websites: www.midsouthcleanair.org or at 

www.shelbycountytn.gov. Interested parties are invited to review these materials 

and provide written comments.

Two public hearings to receive oral or written comments have been scheduled at

the respective dates and locations below: 

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 6:00pm

Benjamin L Hooks Central Library

Meeting Room A

3030 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111
Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 6:00pm

Baker Community Center

Meeting Room 2

7942 Church Street, Millington, TN 38053

The public comment period will end at close of business on Friday, March 14, 

2014. Written comments not submitted at the public hearings will be included in 

the hearing record only if received by the end of the public comment period and 

must be addressed to:

Mr. Robert Rogers, Technical Manager

Pollution Control Section

Shelby County Health Department

814 Jefferson Ave., 4th Floor

Memphis, TN 38105

(e-mail bob.rogers@shelbycountytn.gov)

Anyone desiring to make oral comments at either public hearing is requested to 

prepare a written copy of these comments to be submitted to the hearing officer.

All comments received during the public comment period will be distributed to 

members of the Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board for their review of the OSP 

and the SIP amendments.

Individuals with disabilities who wish to review this information should contact the 

SCHD, Pollution Control Section, to discuss any auxiliary aids, accommodations or 

services needed to facilitate such review. Contact may be in person, writing, 

telephone or other means, and should be made no less than ten (10) days prior to 

the end of the public comment period to allow time to provide such aid or services.

Questions concerning these documents may be addressed to Mr. Robert Rogers 

at the above referenced address or by calling (901) 222-9599.